【正文】 1997年同等學(xué)歷人員申請(qǐng)碩士學(xué)位英語水平全國統(tǒng)一考試真題及答案Paper one 試卷一 （1997．6　A卷）Part I Listening Comprehension 略 Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points) Section A Directions: In each item, choose one word that best keeps the meaning of the sentence if ii is substituted for the underlined word. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center . 16. The recent findings are also applicable to other areas of design engineering. A) practical B) relevant C) convenient D) parable centuryold hostilities between the two tribes eventually terminated through the persistent efforts of the local government. A) diminished B) shrunk C) vanished D) worsened 18. The leaders of the two countries are planning their summit meeting with a pledge to maintain and develop good ties. A) strategy B) standpoint C) priority D) promise 19. Computers will flourish because they enable us to acplish tasks that could never before have been undertaken. A) implement B) render C) assign D) plete 20. Herman39。s success is due to his hard work and his ability to formulate plans which will get work done efficiently. A) fulfill B) approve C) conceive D) conduct 21. The farm ministers scheduled an emergency meeting in Luxembourg in hopes of easing the worldwide mad cow panic.A) crisis B) alarm C) hazard D) peril 22).The young man asked his parents not to worry because he was full of optimism about his career. A) confidence B) motivation C) imagination D) resolution 23. One39。s awareness, both conscious and unconscious, of what happened in the past has a strong influence on one39。s behavior. A) storage B) impression C) memory D) perception 24. On hearing of the case some time later, Conan Doyle was convinced that the man was not guilty, and immediately went to work to ascertain the truth. A) explore B) obtain C) verify D) search 25. Ail the staff members of the department made zealous efforts to clean up the hall for the Christmas party. A) enthusiastic B) concerted C) gigantic D) dedicated Section B Directions: in each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably plete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center . 26. I ________ a letter to an internet service that distributes journalists39。 questions to more than 750 institutions. A) assigned B) detached C) attached D) dispatched 27. All experts agree that the most important consideration with diet drugs is carefully________ the risks and benefits. A) weighing B) valuing C) evaluating D) distinguishing 28 More international trend for business and pleasure brings greater _______to other societies. A) exchange B) exposure C) expansion D) contribution 29. Shortage of land and funding are blamed for the city39。s_______ green space. A) inefficient B) inaccurate C) inadequate D) indispensable 30 If English is not our first language you can often be puzzled by ways of expression that the native speaker of English does not even have to_______. A) think out B)think about C) think over D) think for sales volume in local urban and rural areas rose 57,8 per cent and per cent, _______, over February 1995. A) individually B) accordingly C) correspondingly D)respectively book is a _______ of radio scripts, in which we seek to explain how the words and expressions bee part of our language. A) collection B) publication C) volume D)stack 33. A man39。s is best when he can forget himself and any reputation he may have required and can concentrate wholly on making the right decisions. A) anticipation B)acknowledgment C) expectation D)judgment brain power _______ as we get older? Scientists now have some surprising answers. A)decline B)descend C)deduce D)collapse largest system serving messengers is the internet a _______ of millions of puters linked worldwide. A)unity B)bination C)network D)connection Part III Reading Comprehension (50 minutes, 30 points) Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D .you should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with single line through the center. Questions 36to 40 are based on the following passage. In the USA 85% of the population over the age of 21 approve of the death penalty, in the many states which can take up to 20 minutes to kill, while others use gas or lethal injection. The first of these was the case of Ruth Ellis who was hanged for shooting her lover in what was generally regarded as a crime of passion. The second was hanged for murders which it was later proved, had been mitted by someone else. The prohanging lobby (贊成極刑的活動(dòng)集團(tuán)) uses four main arguments to support its call for the reintroduction of capital punishment. First there is the deterrence theory, which argues that potential murderers would think twice before mitting the act if they knew that they might die if they were caught. The armed bank robber might, likewise go back to being unarmed. The other two arguments are more suspect. The idea of retribution demands that criminals should get what they deserve: if a murderer intentionally. set out to mit a crime, he should accept the consequences. Retribution, which is just another word for revenge, is supported by the religious doctrine of an eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth. The arguments against the death penalty are largely humanitarian (人道主義的) . But there are a